Opening of the exhibition 20 Posters for 20 Years of Grossmann
This year, the Grossmann Fantastic Film & Wine Festival marks 20 years of celebrating horror, fantasy, science fiction and other genre film creations. The festival, which will be held for the 20th time in June in Ljutomer and its surroundings, joins the EKO 9 triennial as a Collateral Environment with an exhibition of 20 posters for 20 years of Grossmann in Maribor’s Vetrinjski dvor.
This year, the EKO 9 Triennial of Art and Environment and the exhibition Eyes in the Stone emerges thematically from the framework of the horror genre. The EKO Triennial and the Grossmann Festival are also among the most important festivals in the field of visual culture in north-eastern Slovenia, the former with a tradition of more than forty years, the latter taking place this year for the twentieth year in a row. At EKO 9, we were bewitched by the visual identity of the Grossmann Festival. Responsible for the visual identity of the festival is the illustrator, comic book author and graphic designer Ivica Stevanović, almost since the very beginning. His visuals have over time become synonymous with the Grossmann Festival and have strengthened the festival’s presence in the public eye at home and abroad. Stevanović’s distinctive illustration references the history of the film poster, especially those of horror films, while at the same time the festival posters often respond to what is happening in the world or to the film opus of the guest of honour each year – them being international genre filmmakers. With the exhibition 20 Posters for 20 Years of Grossmann in collaboration with the Grossmann Festival and Vetrinjski dvor, we at EKO 9 are proud to announce the 20th edition of the festival, which will take place in Ljutomer and the surrounding area between 11 and 15 June 2024.
